Numbers: Israel's First Census

Numbers 1:19-43 (NKJV)

[19] As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
[20] Now the children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[21] those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
[22] From the children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[23] those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
[24] From the children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[25] those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
[26] From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[27] those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
[28] From the children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[29] those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
[30] From the children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[31] those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[33] those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
[34] From the children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[35] those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
[36] From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[37] those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
[38] From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[39] those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
[40] From the children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[41] those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
[42] From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war:
[43] those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Leviticus: Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles

Leviticus 23:26-28 (NASB) The Day of Atonement

26. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
27. “On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the Lord.
28. You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the Lord your God.


Leviticus 23:39-44 (NKJV) The Feast of Tabernacles

39. Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.
40. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.
41. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths,
43. that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
44. So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

Leviticus: Feast of Weeks and Feast of Trumpets

Leviticus 23:15-16 (NKJV) The Feast of Weeks

15. And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
16. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.


Leviticus 23:23-24 (NKJV) The Feast of Trumpets

23. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24. “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

Leviticus: Feast of Unleavened Bread and Feast of Firstfruits

Leviticus 23:6 (NKJV) Feast of Unleavened Bread

6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.


Leviticus 23:9-11 (NKJV) The Feast of Firstfruits

9. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
10. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
11. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus: Feasts of the Lord and the Sabbath

Leviticus 23:1-2 (NKJV) Feasts of the Lord

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.


Leviticus 23:3 (NKJV) The Sabbath

3. Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

Leviticus - The Scapegoat

Leviticus 16:7-10 (NKJV)

7. He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
8. Then Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9. And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer it as a sin offering.
10. But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon it, and to let it go as the scapegoat into the wilderness.

Leviticus - Priestly Ministry

Leviticus 9:5-7 (NKJV)

5. So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
6. Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
7. And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

Leviticus - Unintentional Sins

Leviticus 4:1-3 (NKJV)

1. Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2. Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them,
3. if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the Lord for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.